Thursday August 7, 2008

It was the second edition of awards night last week for club members as it takes two meetings to honor all award recipients. Reggie Jackson with eighteen years perfect attendance and Bill Holt with twenty years led a group of fifteen members who were recognized for their faithful attendance. Melissa Hilliard received a plaque for her dedicated service to the Leo Club and Darlene Turner was given a certificate of excellence for her work as Branch Club Coordinator. The club received three district awards; the Membership Award for the twenty-eight new members, the Lion’s Foundation Award as a result of a ten percent increase in sales of Camp Dogwood Raffle tickets, and the Best Bulletin Award (Jim Turner, editor). After much debate, George Kostrewa took home the coveted Motor Mouth Award,
Program chairman Bob Nelson introduced four young ladies, Shelby Anderson, Julie Davis, Katelin Franklin, and Ashlyn Vogelsang who entertained the club with patriotic tunes. Each one sang two solos and their voices filled the meeting hall. It was evident by their talent that these rising eight and ninth graders are involved in music at their respective schools and also with the Temple Theater.
Guest for the evening included spouses of Lion’s Club members and Brittany Chester, secretary for the Leo Club. District Lt. Governor Dave Martin was thanked for his donation of a silver bowl, which is engraved with the names of the Lion of the Year recipients. Teresa Dew stated that the Lee Regional Flea Market had twenty-two vendors this past Saturday. Bob Jasany gave the invocation to begin the supper meeting, John Byrd led the members in song and the meeting was presided over by John Walden.